loading...| Preferred Name | Blount disease | |
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Blount-Barber syndrome tibia vara Erlacher-Blount syndrome Osteochondrosis deformans tibiae, familial infantile type infantile tibia vara Osteochondrosis deformans tibiae Blount disease familial infantile type osteochondrosis deformans tibiae Blount's disease tibia vara Blount |
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| Definitions |
Blount disease is characterized by disturbed growth of the inner portion of the upper tibial extremity, progressively leading to bowlegged deformity with bone angulation just below the knee (tibia varus). In 60% of cases, the condition affects both legs. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0017194 |
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Blount-Barber syndrome tibia vara Erlacher-Blount syndrome Osteochondrosis deformans tibiae, familial infantile type infantile tibia vara Osteochondrosis deformans tibiae Blount disease familial infantile type osteochondrosis deformans tibiae Blount's disease tibia vara Blount |
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| definition |
Blount disease is characterized by disturbed growth of the inner portion of the upper tibial extremity, progressively leading to bowlegged deformity with bone angulation just below the knee (tibia varus). In 60% of cases, the condition affects both legs. |
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| has_exact_synonym |
infantile tibia vara Osteochondrosis deformans tibiae Blount disease familial infantile type osteochondrosis deformans tibiae Blount's disease tibia vara Blount |
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| has_related_synonym |
Blount-Barber syndrome tibia vara Erlacher-Blount syndrome Osteochondrosis deformans tibiae, familial infantile type |
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| label |
Blount disease |
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| prefixIRI |
MONDO:0017194 |
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| prefLabel |
Blount disease |
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| seeAlso |
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/916/blount-disease |
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| textual definition |
Blount disease is characterized by disturbed growth of the inner portion of the upper tibial extremity, progressively leading to bowlegged deformity with bone angulation just below the knee (tibia varus). In 60% of cases, the condition affects both legs. |
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